Sampford Courtenay railway station
Sampford Courtenay Dartmoor Railway | |||||
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| 2008 | Dartmoor Railway services temporarily withdrawn, County Summer Sunday service retained | ||||
| 2009 | Dartmoor Railway services reintroduced alongside County Summer Sunday service | ||||
| 8 September 2019 | Last train ran (Dartmoor Railway) | ||||
| March 2021 | Indefinite closure announced[1] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2016/17 |  144 | ||||
| 2017/18 | 188 | ||||
| 2018/19 |  186 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 240 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0 | ||||
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Sampford Courtenay railway station is a disused
History
The station was originally opened by the
Following publication of the
The station name is sometimes given as Sampford Courtney, but it is unclear whether it was ever officially spelt this way.
Reopening
The
| Preceding station |  Heritage railways
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Following station | ||
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| Terminus | Dartmoor Railway Suspended |
Okehampton | ||
 National Rail
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| Crediton Line and station open |
Dartmoor Line Reinstated 2021 |
Okehampton Line and station open | ||
Future options
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The Dartmoor Railway proposed to restore the interchange at Yeoford Junction where its line meets Great Western Railway's Tarka Line. The company looked to create a railhead at Okehampton which would serve local industry and thereby save 50,000 lorry journeys per year.[6]
British American Railway Services became the new owner of the Dartmoor Railway on 4 September 2008. The company intended to develop freight, passenger and tourist services on the railway,[7] however the line was put up for sale in January 2020 and purchased by Network Rail.
The Dartmoor Line reopened for regular passenger services on 20 November 2021.
References
- ^ a b "The Dartmoor Line - reopening 2021". The Dartmoor Line. Network Rail.
Other stations on the route (such as Sampford Courtenay) are not planned to open under the current scheme
- ^ "Office of Rail and Road statistics".
- ^ Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
- ^ Nock, O. S. (1965) The London & South Western Railway. Pub. Ian Allan. London. P. 48.
- ^ Dartmoor Railway, News & Events
- ^ Western Morning News, "£1.5m plan to expand moor railway", 8 June 2007, p. 34.
- ^ Heritage Railway, Pub. Heritage Railway Magazine. Issue 116, 2 October 2008 – 29 October 2008. P. 18.
- ^ "Okehampton to Crediton and Exeter Timetable From 20 November to 11 December 2021" (PDF). Dartmoor line. 12 October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "I bet you didn't know the name of the new Okehampton Station".
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